Past Chairs

To strengthen and maintain contacts with national organizations concerned with space science and astronomy and the teaching thereof.

To provide AAPT members with a perspective on current space science and astronomy research through "Frontiers in Space Science and Astronomy" sessions.

To promote excellence in teaching astronomy by:

Sponsoring hands-on workshops that introduce the latest in computer software and observational techniques taught in labs.

Holding sessions that provide information on resources for teaching materials; on successful and unsuccessful curricula developments; on research in teaching; and on the interrelationships between astronomy and other disciplines.